Bettendorf's firework show was exceptional this year, with multitudes of fireworks, including a long display of red white and blue, as well as many color and pattern combinations not seen locally before. Some of the lower fireworks looked like "a billion angry fireflies."


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Some kids play a few extra innings for practice after their baseball game at the new Crow Creek baseball fields. The new fields also have a large parking lot and access off of Tanglewood Drive.

Board approves salary contracts with teachers, administrators and staff.


Technology budget for 2001-2001 approved.

Board, teacher association reach agreement on spending plan for special funds approved by state legislature to boost teacher compensation.

District hires 23 new teachers for coming school year.

Splash Landing water problems and Park & Recreation Master Plan to be discussed July 7.

Splash Landing was closed Thursday, but reopened Friday after another bout with cloudy water. Water clarity problems have plagued the pool this year, and pool officials have struggled to find a permanent fix for the recurring murky water. Last Tuesday, the slides were closed, and on Wednesday the Park and Rec Playground Program kids used the pool in Bettendorf High School.

In an innovative move, the City Council approved a plan to have a roundabout at Middle Road and 53rd Street. The ground work for the 53rd extention is supposed to be completed sometime this year. In the photo you can see the beginnings of a bridge over Crow Creek.

The water storage tank on Middle Road has been finished. The control building that looks like a small house is also finished, landscaping and other minor work remains to be finished. To see a picture of the control building, click read more.

MINUTES
BETTENDORF PARK BOARD
MAY 16, 2001

MINUTES
BETTENDORF PARK BOARD
SPECIAL MEETING
MAY 14, 2001